RHUL Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni of RHUL

• Emily Wilding Davison (1896) - Suffragette known for her activism and tragic death during the Epsom Derby in 1913.
• Sir Alok Sharma (1993) - British politician and former Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
• Stella Gibbons (1919) - Author, best known for her novel Cold Comfort Farm.
• Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1965) - Astrophysicist who discovered the first radio pulsars, awarded the Copley Medal in 2021.
• Simon Hughes (1974) - Former Liberal Democrat MP and Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats.
• Dr. Helen Sharman (1984) - First British astronaut and the first woman to visit the Mir space station.
• Tom Holland (2009) - Historian and author, known for his work on the history of the Roman Empire.
• Dr. Sarah Gilbert (1986) - Vaccinologist who led the development of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.